年表 chronology

What opened, and when.

The rooms of this site, newest first, with the day each one opened or changed. Every date is the day the work landed. You can follow it as a feed.

  1. 清明上河图 along the river, in the rain The Qing court handscroll of 1736 unrolled right to left across the screen, with rain that builds from a drizzle to a downpour over the silk.

  2. 清明上河图 along the river, one plate in the rain One section of the Qing court scroll of 1736 painted anew, with rain that builds and clears, umbrellas opening, and a boat sculled across.

  3. the 404 leaf A lost address now lands on one sheet of paper with a way back on it, instead of a bare error.

  4. 七巧板 the tangram Seven pieces of one square laid on the paper, ten figures to fill, and a seal that comes down when the last piece sits.

  5. the reading room Hall three of the museum: sixteen books from the shelf, each with one verified line on its plaque.

  6. 印谱 the seal bench The three chops cut for this site, the seal-script outlines under them, and how a chop is cut.

  7. 刻 the cut bench Twelve engravings cut by code from a seed and hung as a contact sheet; recut one and the block stays while the hand moves.

  8. 美术馆 the museum The gallery gets its building: an entrance and a lobby rendered in Blender, with the Nolan posters hung as hall two.

  9. 烟雨江南 Jiangnan, veiled in rain The canal is rebuilt in Blender: a rendered street in the rain, with its own soundscape and no other music beside it.

  10. Nolan / 13 Thirteen poster studies, one for each Nolan film, hung in the gallery with a focus view.

  11. 图标 icons Ninety-six interface icons drawn for Qin Builds and mounted across the site.

  12. 烟雨江南 Jiangnan, veiled in rain A rain study opens: willows, oil-paper umbrellas and boats on a canal street.

  13. the vinyl player A turntable docks in the corner of the page and plays one record, Mountain Rain, wherever you walk.

  14. 花信 flower’s message A particle rose grown from one seed, the same bloom every time, and the gallery becomes a sliding album.

  15. the gallery An art gallery opens as a folio beside the scroll.

  16. 惊燕 the startled swallow One procedural plate, drawn by code and hung beside the scroll.

  17. 立轴 hanging scroll The page becomes a hanging scroll: one sheet of paper from the top rod to the bottom, with the work on it.

  18. Qin Builds The site launches: selected work, the method, a little about me, and a way to write.